Global Issues of Poverty
Global Education Magazine logo meaning from Global Education Magazine Poverty is a very relative term and can be rather difficult to define due to the great number of factors that influence it. It is not solely determined by the personal position held by an individual. It is a concept that also influences important policies and social services made […]
The Hand is the Organ of the Mind of Matter
by Wendy Agnew wagnew@rocketmail.com Available for blinds [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/63383587″] Montessori’s famous words, ‘the hand is the organ of the mind’ seemed to resonate large at Magnificent Hill, a teaching and learning farm in Haliburton Ontario. Every autumn, we take our junior high class on a nature odyssey and, for the second time, we found ourselves […]
Inter-American Center for Peace and Security (ICPS)
Viktor Sebek served as the Executive Director of the Advisory Committee on Protection of the Sea (ACOPS), set up by former British Prime Minister Lord Callaghan in 1952. He developed and coordinated policy aspects of global environmental projects in sub-Saharan Africa, South East Asia, Central and South America and the Russian Federation. He also acted […]
After Rio+20 and Beyond 2015: Advancing the Campaign for a Global Citizens Movement
Uchita de Zoysa: author, strategist and frontline leader in mobilizing civil society and stakeholder alliances for shaping the global sustainability movement – is Global Coordinator of The Widening Circle campaign for a Global Citizens Movement, Chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions, Executive Director of Centre for Environment and Development, and the initiator of the Peoples Sustainability […]
A Tale of Two UN Processes: The Global Sustainability Panel and Rio+20
Georgios Kostakos is currently an independent consultant specializing in global sustainability, governance and the United Nations system. From September 2010 to July 2012 he served on the Secretariat of the UN Secretary-General’s High-level Panel on Global Sustainability (GSP), as Senior Adviser and Acting Deputy Executive Secretary. More information on and opinions by Dr. Kostakos can […]
A Cooperação Internacional na Universidade Nacional de Timor-Leste: contribuições para a melhoria da educação e desenvolvimento timorense
Valdir Lamim-Guedes Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Instituto de Biociências de Rio Claro e-mail: dirguedes@yahoo.com.br Carlos Junior Gontijo-Rosa Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Departamento de Letras Clássicas e Vernáculas. e-mail: carlosgontijo@gmail.com Disponível para cegos [soundcloud url=”http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/63055385″] Resumo: Desde sua independência, em 2002, Timor-Leste busca […]
Global Education Conference 2012
CONNECTING EDUCATORS AND ORGANIZATIONS WORLDWIDE Week of Global Collaboration November 12 – 16, 2012 The 2012 worldwide virtual Global Education Conference as well as the iEARN International Conference and Youth Summit are slated to take place simultaneously during International Education Week (November 12-16, 2012). These educational events are free of charge to all participants and […]
The CIVICUS World Assembly
Civil society faces a generational opportunity to prove its value as a source of alternatives at a time of profound global crisis. This is the headline conclusion of the inaugural report on the state of civil society from global civil society network CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen Participation. David Bonbright, Chair of CIVICUS, sets out […]
Earth Rights Institute
Sustainable Economics for the 21st Century A Five Part Teleseminar Co-Hosts: Alanna Hartzok and Wendell Fitzgerald Consciousness in its fulfilled, developed state will bring the ‘dismal science’ of economics to an evolved and higher level – to the status of Enlightened Economics. – Ron Robins […]
Becas de Rotary Pro Paz Mundial 2013
BECAS DE ROTARY PRO PAZ MUNDIAL 2013 Requisitos generales para participar en el programa: Los solicitantes de Becas de Rotary pro Paz Mundial deberán acreditar: – Su consagración a la causa de la paz a través de sus logros académicos y profesionales o actividades de servicio personal y a la comunidad. – Licenciatura universitaria en humanidades […]
